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 AT LOS ANGELES
 
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
 
 CITY OF BOSTON 
 
 SEPTEMBER, 1838 
 
 BOSTON : 
 
 J. H. EASTBURN, CITY PRINTER, 
 
 No. 18 State Street. 
 
 1838.
 
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 City Document. — No. 23. 
 
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
 
 
 
 By a special enactment of the Legislature of the Common- 
 wealth, passed in the year 1S35, twenty-four persons are 
 annually elected, two in each ward of the City, who, with the 
 Mayor and the President of the Common Council, constitute 
 the School Committee, and have the superintendence of the 
 public schools. These are one Latin Grammar School, one 
 English High School, thirteen Grammar and Writing Schools, 
 and eighty three Primary Schools,* in which instruction is 
 freely given to children of both sexes, commencing at the 
 age of four years. 
 
 The Primary Schools were instituted in the year 1818, for* f 
 the gratuitous instruction of children from four to seven yearsA 
 of age. The school-rooms are hired or built by the City, in 
 
 *The number of Grammar and Primary schools is constantly and rapidly in- 
 creasing. 

 
 2 
 
 convenient places, and arc designed to accommodate an aver- 
 of about fifty children each. In many, however, the 
 average much exceeds this number, on account of the rapid 
 . increase of some portions of the City. A Committee is an- 
 Dually appointed by the School Committee above named, 
 consisting of one member for each Primary School, whose 
 duty it is frequently to visit and examine the school and report 
 its condition to the whole board. The services of this Com- 
 mittee, like those of the Grammar School Committee, though 
 laborious, are gratuitously rendered. The course of instruc- 
 tion pursued in the Primary Schools, will be understood by 
 the following extracts from the Regulations of the Committee. 
 Classification. The pupils in each of the Schools 
 shall be arranged in four Classes ; and the third and fourth 
 Classes in two divisions each, viz : 
 
 Class IV. Second Division. — Cards ; Alphabet. 
 First Division. Cards continued ; Monosyllables and 
 Dissyllables ; Numeration, or counting from one to one hun- 
 dred. 
 
 Class III. Second Division. Spelling Book; words 
 two or more syllables ; combination of numbers, so as readily 
 to find the page in any book. 
 
 Class III. First Division. Spelling Book continued ; 
 Spelling and Easy Reading Lessons ; the Lord's Prayer ; 
 Abbreviations, Numbers and Arithmetical Tables commenced. 
 Class II. Spelling Book continued ; Spelling, Read- 
 ing, and all the other lessons in the same to the end ; the 
 " Primary Reading Lessons ;" Arithmetical Tables com- 
 pleted ; and the study of Rules and Examples begun. 
 
 Class I. Spelling Book continued ; Spelling, Punctua- 
 tion, Abbreviation, Numbers, words of similar sound but 
 different in spelling and signification ; " Blake's First Read- 
 er ;" New Testament ; and the study of the North American 
 Arithmetic completed. 
 
 The following is a list of the Schools, printed under the 
 direction of the Primary School Board.
 
 ORGANIZATION OF THE 
 
 PRIMARY SCHOOLS, 
 
 AUGUST, 1838. 
 
 George W. Otis, Jr., Chairman. Joseph Curtis, See'y- 
 
 STANDING COMMITTEE. 
 
 R. W. Bay ley, Chairman, 14 Avon place. 
 F. A. Sumner, Secretary, 13 School street. 
 George W. Otis Jr., 8 Chamber street. 
 George Rogers, 12 Newton place. 
 A. A. Gould, 194 Tremont street. 
 Francis Brown, 4G Leverett street. 
 J. F. Bumstead, 113 Washington street. 
 J. B. Stebbins, Broadway, South Boston. 
 I. W. Bourne, Front street. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL ROOMS. 
 
 Wm. A. Weeks, 
 John Centre, 
 J. B. M'Cleary, 
 F. A. Sumner, 
 E. P. Hartshorn, 
 R. W. Bayley, 
 
 L. S. Cragin, 
 Daniel T. Coit, 
 Henry Hatch, 
 J. B. Stebbins, 
 Edmund Jackson. 
 
 G. W. Otis, Jr. 
 
 COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. 
 
 F. A. Sumner, 
 
 J. F. Bumstead. 
 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 1. 
 
 NO. AND LOCATION. 
 
 1 Christ Church Vestry. 
 
 2 Tileston street. 
 
 3 Snowhill street. 
 
 4 Tileston street. 
 
 5 Fleet street. 
 
 VISITING COMMITTEE. 
 
 I. W. Bourne, Front street. 
 John Center, 25 High street. 
 William A. Weeks, 30 Atkinson street. 
 Henry Clapp, Jr., Salem street. 
 Richard Austin, Unity street.
 
 6 226 Hanover street. 
 
 7 Snowbill street. 
 
 S Parkman 's Vestry. 
 
 9 Fleet street. 
 
 10 Commercial street. 
 
 J. Moriarty, Cross and Salem street. 
 Joseph W. Ingraham, 5 N. Bennett st. 
 Henry Andrews, Clark street. 
 T. Restieaux, Hanovei, cor. Cross st. 
 Henry G. Clark, Hanover street. 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 2. 
 
 1 N. Margin, op. Bp. Mt. H. 
 
 2 Parkman place. 
 
 3 Parkman place. 
 
 4 G3 Prince, corner of Salem st. 
 
 5 \. Margin, op. Bp. Mt. H. 
 
 6 Vestry 2d church, Hanover st. 
 
 7 Rear of No. 7, Cross street. 
 
 8 Rear of No. 7, Cross street. 
 
 Christopher Gore, 35 Prince street. 
 Samuel Chessman, 170 Hanover street. 
 Andrew Geyer, 104 Hanover street. 
 John B. M'Cleary, 82 Prince street. 
 S.W. Hall, 74 Salem st. cor. Noyes pi. 
 G. H. Lodge, 114 Hanover street. 
 Jason D. Battles, 172 Hanover street. 
 Beza Lincoln, 11 Richmond street. 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 3. 
 
 1 Merrimack street. 
 
 2 South Margin street. 
 
 3 64 Union street. 
 
 4 Distilhouse square. 
 
 5 SS Chamber street. 
 
 6 Rear 32 Leverett street. 
 
 7 Lyman place. 
 
 8 4 Milton street. 
 
 9 Court street. 
 
 A. J. Richardson, 24 "Washington st. 
 Francis Brown, 46 Leverett street. 
 Samuel G. Simpkins, 79 Court street. 
 Frederick A. Sumner, Court square. 
 Rufus G. Norris, 3 Minot street. 
 Thomas J. Bayley, 22 Allen street. 
 Abraham G. Wyman, Green street, 
 Lewis G. Pray, 155 Washington st. 
 Aaron Sweet, 10 Crescent place. 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 4. 
 
 1 Rear 72 Cambridge street. 
 
 2 May, cor. South Russell street. 
 
 3 May street. 
 
 4 McLean, cor. of Blossom st. 
 
 5 Smith's school h. Belknap st. 
 
 6 No. 6, school h. Derne street. 
 
 7 High school h. Pickney street. 
 S Rear 72 Cambridge street. 
 
 9 Wells' school h. ward room. 
 
 Daniel Henchman, 41 Cambridge st. 
 Richard W. Bayley, 14 Avon place. 
 Eliphalet P. Hartshorn, 24 Blossom st. 
 Elijah Cobb, 24 McLean street. 
 Aurelius D. Parker, 20 Court street. 
 Enoch Hobart, 175 Tremont street. 
 Wendall Phillips, 12 Beacon street. 
 Francis C. Manning, 17 Winter street. 
 Henry B. Rogers, 5 Joy place. 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 5. 
 
 1 Purchase street church. 
 
 2 Franklin street. 
 
 Martin Gay, 48 Milk street. 
 James K. Whipple, 9 Cornhill.
 
 3 Purchase place. 
 
 4 High, corner Federal street. 
 
 5 Franklin street. 
 
 6 Harvard place. 
 
 7 107 Broad street. 
 
 8 Gibbs lane. 
 
 9 131 Broad street. 
 
 Josiah F. Bumstead, 1 13 Washington st. 
 Samuel Wales, Jr. 56 Federal street. 
 Wm. D. Ticknor, 135 Washington st. 
 Samuel H. Walley, 14 Beacon street. 
 Lorenzo S. Cragin, 6 High street. 
 Ebenezer Jones, 35 Washington place. 
 Wiliiam Howe, No. 40 Pearl street. 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 6. 
 
 8 Boylston square. 
 
 Johnson school house. 
 
 68 Pleasant street. 
 
 School house, East street. 
 
 Short street, cor. of Essex st. 
 
 South street court. 
 
 South street court. 
 
 Rear Hollis street church. 
 
 School house, East street. 
 
 10 School house, East street. 
 
 1 1 South street court. 
 
 12 Boylston square. 
 
 George Vinton, 10 Newton place. 
 Samuel McBurney, Marion street. 
 George W. Phillips, Eliot street. 
 James B. Dow, 362 Washington st. 
 Thomas F. Chase, 319 Washington st. 
 Daniel T. Coit, 12 High street. 
 John Gulliver, 313 Washington street. 
 F. D. Stedman, 11 Lagrange place. 
 Elisha Field, 3 East street. 
 Charles C. Barry, 115 Essex street. 
 E. L. Tead, rear of 67 Bedford street. 
 Thomas Adams, 67 Bedford street. 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 7. 
 
 1 South Congregational church. 
 
 2 Carver street. 
 
 3 Grace church vestry. 
 
 4 Tremont street. 
 
 5 Pleasant street. 
 
 6 Common street. 
 
 7 Johnson school house. 
 
 8 Rear of Hollis street church. 
 
 Henry Hatch, 23 Orange street. 
 Joseph Curtis, 14 Fayette street. 
 A. B. Wheeler, S South Bennet st. 
 Wm. Taylor, Jr. 408 Washington st. 
 Francis Bullard, 16 Oak street. 
 John Flint, 20 Common street. 
 Samuel F. Morse, Kneeland street. 
 L. H. Morris, 2 Lagrange place. 
 
 DISTRICT NO. 8. 
 
 1 Under Mr. Capen's church. 
 
 2 Fourth street, near B. street. 
 
 3 Phillips church vestry. 
 
 4 Rear of Engine house. 
 
 5 Under South Baptist Church. 
 
 6 D street, or Broadway. 
 
 7 Fourth street, near A street. 
 
 8 Under St. Matthew's church. 
 
 9 Turnpike st., near Free Bridge. 
 
 William C. Jenkins, Dorchester st. 
 
 Alvan Simonds, Mechanics' Bank. 
 
 Cranston Howe, Broadway. 
 
 John B. Stebbins, head of Broadway. 
 
 Ebenezer Stevens, Broadway. 
 
 Nehemiah P. Mann, F street. 
 
 Solon Jenkins, 192 Pleasant street. 
 
 Timothy Bedlington. 
 
 Brewster Reynolds, Turnpike street.
 
 DISTRICT NO. 9. 
 
 1 Castle street. E. Weston, Jr. Chapel, Warren st. 
 
 2 Franklin School house. Samuel Wheeler, 691 Washington st. 
 
 3 644 Washington street. Joseph Dall, 566 Washington street. 
 
 4 On the Neck. J. T. Sargent, 11 Chesnut street. 
 
 5 757 Washington street. Otis Everett, Jr., 740 Washington st. 
 
 6 Northampton street. Edmund Jackson, 773 Washington st. 
 
 MILL DAM. 
 
 1 Milldam. Standing Committee. 
 
 EAST BOSTON. 
 
 1 Section No. 3. Aaron Ordvvay, Section No. 3. 
 
 2 " No. 1. Guy C. Haynes, " No. 1. 
 
 Depository at B. H. Greene's, 124 Washington Street. 
 
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 Eliot School, 
 
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 Adams School, 
 
 Mason St. 
 
 3. 
 
 Franklin School, 
 
 Washington SU 
 
 4. 
 
 Mayhew School, 
 
 Hawkins St. 
 
 5. 
 
 Hawes School, 
 
 South Boston, 
 
 6. 
 
 Smith School, 
 
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 7. 
 
 Boylston School, 
 
 Fort Hill, 
 
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 Bowdoin School, 
 
 Derne St. 
 
 9. 
 
 Hancock School, 
 
 Hanover St. 
 
 0. 
 
 Wells School, 
 
 McLean St- 
 
 EnglisJt Grammar and Writing Schools. 
 
 These schools are the second in order in the system of 
 public education established in this City. The following are 
 their names, situation, and date of establishment. 
 
 For Boys, - - 1713. 
 For Boys and Girls, 1717. 
 For Boys and Girls, 1785. 
 For Boys, - - 1803. 
 For Boys and Girls, 1811. 
 For Boys and Girls, 1812. 
 For Boys and Girls, 1819. 
 For Girls, - - 1821. 
 For Girls, - - 1822. 
 For Boys and Girls, 1S33. 
 11. Lyman School, East Boston, For Boys and Girls, 1837. 
 
 In these schools are taught the common branches of an 
 English education. In the several buildings, where the ar- 
 rangement is complete, there are two large halls occupied by 
 two departments, one of which is for a Grammar School, 
 and the other for a Writing School. The scholars are or- 
 ganized in two divisions. While one division attends to 
 Grammar, the other attends to Writing ; exchanging half 
 daily. In the Grammar department, the pupils are taught 
 chiefly, Spelling, Reading, English Grammar, and Geogra- 
 phy ; in the Writing department, they are taught Writing, 
 Arithmetic, and Book-keeping. To these schools apply the 
 following regulations, in addition to those laid down in the 
 preceding chapter. 
 
 Children are admitted into the Grammar and Writing 
 Schools at the age of seven years, who can read easy prose. 
 They must be examined by the grammar master. Children 
 above seven years of age, although not possesssing the neces- 
 sary qualifications, may be admitted by a special permit from 
 the sub-committee of the school. 
 
 In case any applicant shall be rejected by the master, an 
 appeal may be made to the sub-committee of the school. 
 
 Boys are not permitted to retain their places in these
 
 schools beyond the day of the next annual exhibition, after 
 they shall have arrived at fourteen years of age, unless by 
 special leave from the sub-committee. Girls are allowed to 
 attend these schools until the next annual exhibition, after 
 they shall have arrived at the age of sixteen. 
 
 No pupil is allowed to give his general or exclusive atten- 
 dance in one department of the school, without a special 
 permit from the sub-committee. 
 
 In the grammar department the books and exercises are 
 as follows. 
 
 Class IV. No. 1. Emerson's National Spelling Book. 2. 
 Pierpont's Introduction to the National Reader. 
 
 Class III. Nos. 1. 2. continued. 3. Murray's Eng- 
 lish Grammar, abridged by Alger, or Parker and Fox's Pro- 
 gressive Exercises in English Grammar. 4. Field's Geog- 
 raphy and Atlas. 
 
 Class II. Nos. 1. 3. 4. continued. 5. Pierpont's Na- 
 tional Reader. 6. Worcester's Geography and Atlas. 7. 
 Frost's Exercises in Parsing. The two higher classes in 
 each school are allowed, and the upper class required to 
 use Worcester's or Walker's Dictionary. 
 
 Class I. Nos. 1. 3. 5. continued. 8. Pierpont's 
 American First Class Book. 9. Goodrich's History of the 
 United States. 10. Exercises in Composition and Declama- 
 tion. 
 
 The following studies and books may be introduced at the 
 discretion of the master. 
 
 Smellie's Philosophy of Natural History, Ware's edition. 
 Parker's Compendium of Natural and Experimental Philoso- 
 phy, stereotyped edition. Worcester's Elements of General 
 History. Parker's Exercises in English Composition. 
 
 On Mondays the children, who usually read in the First 
 Class Book, read in the Bible. 
 
 A philosophical apparatus is furnished to all of the schools, 
 except the Lyman and Smith schools. 
 
 In the writing department the books and exercises are as 
 follows : —
 
 10 
 
 Class IV. No. 1. Writing. 2. Emerson's North 
 American Arithmetic, Part First. 
 
 Class III. No. 1 continued. 3. Oral Exercises in the 
 North American Arithmetic, Part Second. 
 
 Class II. No. 1 and 3 continued. 4. Written Exer- 
 cises in the North American Arithmetic, Part Second. 5. 
 Penmaking. 
 
 Class I. Nos. 1 and 5 continued. 6. The North 
 American Arithmetic, Part Third. 7. Robinson's Book- 
 keeping. 
 
 Members of the first class who have nearly completed 
 the course of exercises in Arithmetic, may be instructed in 
 Algebra and Geometry. Text Books, Bailey's First Les- 
 sons in Algebra and Grund's Geometry. 
 
 All the children are taught daily in arithmetic, and in 
 writing as often as the master may deem it useful ; and the 
 teachers are required to furnish the pupils with copy-slips 
 written, or from good engravings, or to write the copies them- 
 selves in the writing-books. 
 
 Regulations for the Johnson and Winthrop Schools. 
 
 12. Johnson School, Tremont St. For Girls, - - - 1836. 
 
 13. Winthrop School, East St. For Boys, - - - 1S36. 
 
 In these two schools are taught the same branches of edu- 
 cation which are taught in the other English Grammar 
 Schools ; the same books are used, and the same general 
 regulations apply. A different plan has, however, been 
 adopted for their organization and government, which is as 
 follows. 
 
 Each of these two schools is under the charge of a master, 
 who is responsible for the state of his school in all its de- 
 partments, and who is required to give so much of his per- 
 sonal attention to each part of the school as may be necessary 
 to an acquaintance with its condition. 
 
 In each of these two schools there are five instructers 
 besides the master, viz : an usher and four female teachers,
 
 11 
 
 In addition to the above named instructors, there is a pro- 
 fessed teacher of penmanship, appointed by the sub-com- 
 mittee of the two schools in conference, whose duty it is to 
 instruct both schools in writing, at such hours and on such 
 days, (not exceeding three days in each week) as he shall 
 be requested to do so by the respective masters of the two 
 schools, after consultation with their respective sub-com- 
 mittees. 
 
 The arrangement of these two schools, in respect to clas- 
 ses and studies and other matters of internal economy, is left 
 to the good sense and fidelity of the masters, subject to the 
 control of the sub-committees of the schools respectively. 
 
 English High School. 
 
 This school is situated in Pinckney street. It was insti- 
 tuted in 1821, with the design of furnishing the young men of 
 this city, who are not intended for a collegiate course of 
 study, and who have enjoyed the usual advantages of the 
 other public schools, with the means of completing a good 
 English education. Here is given instruction in the elements 
 of mathematics and natural philosophy, with their application 
 to the sciences and the arts, in grammar, rhetoric, and belles 
 lettres, in moral philosophy, in history natural and civil, and 
 in the French language. This institution is furnished with a 
 valuable mathematical and philosophical apparatus, for the 
 purpose of experiment and illustration. 
 
 The instructors in this school are a master, a sub-master, 
 and so many assistants as shall give one instructer to every 
 thirty-five pupils, but no additional assistant shall be allowed 
 for any increase less than twenty-one. It is a necessary 
 qualification in all these instructers, that they have been edu- 
 cated at some respectable college. In addition to these, 
 there is a teacher of the French language. 
 
 No boy can be admitted to this school under the age of 
 twelve years. 
 
 Candidates for admission must produce from the masters of
 
 12 
 
 the schools they last attended, certificates of good moral 
 character and presumed qualifications for admission into the 
 school. It is however the duty of the master to exam- 
 ine them in Spelling, Heading, Writing, English Grammar, 
 Modern Geography and Arithmetic, of which a thorough 
 knowledge is indispensable to admission. 
 
 The course of study and instruction in this school, is the 
 following : 
 
 No. 1. Reviews of the preparatory studies, in the text- 
 books authorized to be used in the Grammar and Writing 
 Schools. 2. Ancient Geography, (Worcester's.) 3. Wor- 
 cester's General History and History of the United States. 
 4. Colburn's or Bailey's Algebra. 5. Legendre's Geome- 
 try. 6. Book-keeping. 7. Blair's Rhetoric. 8. Paley's 
 Moral Philosophy. 9. Chemistry. 10. Trigonometry, with 
 its application to Surveying, Navigation, Mensuration, Astro- 
 nomical Calculations, &c. 11. Constitution of the United 
 States. 12. Natural Philosophy. 13. Linear Drawing. 14. 
 Paley's Natural Theology. 15. Paley's Evidences of Chris- 
 tianity. 16. Elements of Astronomy. 17. Logic. 18. 
 Intellectual Philosophy. 
 
 The several divisions also receive instruction in Spelling, 
 Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Declamation, Compo- 
 sition, and the French Language. 
 
 Latin Grammar School. 
 
 This school is situated in School street. It was instituted 
 about the middle of the 17th century. The Latin Grammar 
 School and the English High School complete the system of 
 public education, enjoyed alike by all classes in this city. 
 
 In the Latin Grammar School the rudiments of the Latin 
 and Greek languages are taught, and scholars are fully quali- 
 fied for the University. Instruction is also given in mathe- 
 matics, geography, history, declamation, and English compo- 
 sition. 
 
 The instructers in this school are a master, a sub-master,
 
 13 
 
 and so many assistants as shall give one instructer to every 
 thirty-five pupils, but no additional assistant shall be allowed 
 for an increase less than twenty-one. 
 
 It is a necessary qualification in all the instructers of this 
 school that they have been educated at some respectable 
 college. 
 
 Boys to be admitted into this school must be at least ten 
 years old. 
 
 Candidates for admission are required to produce, from the 
 masters of the schools they last attended, certificates of good 
 moral character. They must be able to read common En- 
 glish authors correctly and fluently, to write a running hand, 
 to understand mental arithmetic, and the simple rules of writ- 
 ten arithmetic, and to answer the map questions of Worcester's 
 modern geography, and must have a sufficient knowledge of 
 English grammar to parse common sentences in prose. A 
 knowledge of Latin grammar is considered equivalent to that 
 of English. 
 
 The regular course of instruction continues five years, and 
 no scholar can enjoy the privileges of this school beyond that 
 term, unless by leave of the sub-committee. 
 
 The books and exercises required during the course of 
 instruction in this school are the following. 
 
 Class V. No. 1. Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Gram- 
 mar. 2. English Grammar, Reading. 3. Liber Primus, as 
 stereotyped in 1827. 4. Viri Romae, as published for this 
 school in 1833. Andrews's Latin Reader may be substituted 
 for No. 3 or No. 4, but not for both. 
 
 Class IV. Nos. 1. 2. 4. continued. 5. New Latin 
 Tutor, and reading and writing exercises from it, or An- 
 drews's Latin exercises. Declamation. 6. Latin Dictionary. 
 
 7. Dillaway's Roman Antiquities and Ancient Mythology. 
 
 8. Phaedri Fabulae Expurgatae. 9. Cornelius Nepos. 10. 
 Cassar's Commentaries. 11. Worcester's Modern Geogra- 
 phy. 12. Emerson's second part of the North American 
 Arithmetic, or Colburn's First Lessons. 13. Writing trans- 
 lations from Latin into English. 
 
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 Class TIT. Nos. 1. 2. 5. 6. 7. 11. 12. 13. continued, 
 and 14. Written Arithmetic, Emerson's third part, or Col- 
 burn and Lacroix. 15. Excerpta ex Ovidio, Gould's edition. 
 16. Fisk's Greek Grammar and Exercises. 17. Greek De- 
 lectus. 18. Wilson's Sallust. 19. Worcester's Ancient 
 Geography. 20. Lempriere's Classical Dictionary. 
 
 Classes IT. and T. Nos. 1. 2. 5. 6. 11. 13. 14. 16. 19. 
 continued, 21. Cleveland's Greek Antiquities. 22. Col- 
 burn's and Euler's or Bailey's Algebra. 23. Cicero's Se- 
 lect Orations, Folsom's edition. 24. Gould's Virgil, or any 
 good edition, without an Interpretation, or an Order of Con- 
 struction. 25. Jacob's Greek Reader. 26. Greek Lex- 
 icon. 27. Writing translations from Greek into English ; 
 committing to memory, portions of Latin and Greek, and 
 Fisk's Greek Exercises. 28. English Composition. 29. 
 History. 30. Geometry and Trigonometry. 31. Juvenal, 
 Leverett's edition. 32. Gould's Horace, or any other good 
 edition, without an Order of Construction. 33. Homer's 
 Iliad. 34. Greek Testament, the Four Gospels. 35. 
 Xenophon's Anabasis. 36. Writing and composing Latin 
 Themes and Verses. 37. Stansbury's Catechism on the 
 Constitution of the United States. 38. Paley's Natural 
 Theology, with Paxton's Illustrations. 
 
 It being however understood, that there must necessarily 
 be different degrees of proficiency amongst so many pupils, 
 especially in the highest class, the following studies, viz. 
 Geometry and Trigonometry, Xenophon's Anabasis, Juve- 
 nal, Horace, Homer, Stansbury's Catechism, and Paley's 
 Natural Theology, not being required for admission to the 
 University, are allowed to be introduced at the discretion of 
 the master, but are not absolutely required. 
 
 No translations of the foregoing Latin and Greek authors 
 are allowed in the school, nor any Interpretations, Keys, or 
 Orders of Construction. 
 
 Instruction is also given in writing.
 
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 Eliot, 
 
 Boys, 
 
 456 
 
 374 
 
 Adams, 
 
 Boys and Girls, 
 
 427 
 
 310 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 Boys and Girls, 
 
 466 
 
 348 
 
 Mayhevv, 
 Hawes, 
 
 Boys, 
 
 Boys and Girls, 
 
 442 
 456 
 
 337 
 341 
 
 Smith, 
 
 Boys and Girls, 
 
 158 
 
 109 
 
 Boylston, 
 
 Boys and Girls. 
 
 415 
 
 358 
 
 Bowdoin, 
 
 Girls, 
 
 443 
 
 315 
 
 Hancock, 
 
 Girls, 
 
 591 
 
 460 
 
 Wells, 
 
 Boys and Girls, 
 
 422 
 
 332 
 
 Lyman, 
 Johnson, 
 
 Boys and Girls, 
 Girls, 
 
 103 
 
 369 
 
 87 
 287 
 
 Winthrop, 
 English High, 
 Latin, 
 
 Boys, 
 Boys, 
 Boys, 
 
 214 
 92 
 
 88 
 
 147 
 
 87 
 81 
 
 Total, 
 
 
 5142 
 
 3973 
 
 Average absences 1169, or 116 less than 25 per cent. 
 
 Whole number of boys in Grammar Schools, 2424 
 
 « u « girls " " " 2538 
 
 " " " boys " Primary " 2607 
 
 « " " girls " " " 2440 
 
 Number of boys in Latin and English High 
 
 School, 180 
 
 Total, educated at the public expense, 10,189
 
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